Gulet Cruise

Gulet CruiseIf your looking for another wonderful water-based travel experience then you should pop over to our other website www.guletcruises4u.co.uk.

Barbara and I took our first Gulet cruise a number of years ago and we’ve booked a total of three Gulet cruises since then.

As you can guess we had a fabulous time. It’s another totally different way to enjoy time away from our normal day to day life.

Our Gulet cruises have allowed us to explore some of the most beautiful places we’ve ever seen. Based in Turkey we’ve swam, dined and explored places we’d never heard of and would never have been able to find if we’d not been sailing on a Gulet.

You can read more about our first Gulet cruise experience on the website but here’s a taster to give you an idea what a fabulous time we had:

“Our first Gulet cruise was in 2006 when some friends of ours, Carole and Gavin, who had taken a gulet cruise holiday the year before asked us to join them for another cruise that started in Marmaris and ended in Fethiye.

Over dinner and after a few glasses of wine they told us about spending long, lazy days swimming from the gulet in crystal clear turquoise waters, sunbathing on the warm wooden decks, eating wonderful meals prepared by the crew form fresh, local produce and spending nights sleeping outside under the stars on the deck. Continue reading “Gulet Cruise”

Luxor and Lake Nasser Cruise – Cruise one of the largest man-made lakes in the world…

Lake Nasser Cruise
Lake Nasser

Last year Barbara and I took the opportunity to visit Abu Simbel. The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramsees II in the 13th century BCE, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari. It’s a breathtaking sight especially when you realise that the temples were relocated in their entirety in 1968, to an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir. The temples are now part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the “Nubian Monuments”.

It is believed that the axis of the Great Temple was positioned by the ancient Egyptian architects in such a way that on October 22 and February 22 each year, the rays of the sun would penetrate the sanctuary and illuminate the sculptures on the back wall, except for the statue of Ptah, the god connected with the Underworld, who always remained in the dark.

One of the many remarkable things is that the builders and crew who managed to re-locate the Great Temple managed to replicate this amazing feat and even now people gather at Abu Simbel to witness this remarkable sight, on October 21st and February 21st each year.

After we’d spent time exploring the temples Barbara and I strolled down to the edge of Lake Nasser and were spellbound by it’s mirror-like tranquility. The waters were still and mysterious and you could feel the vastness of this enormous man-made lake. Again, like Abu Simbel, another amazing feat of man’s imagination and determination.

Here are some facts (courtesy of Wikipedia) about Lake Nasser:

The lake is some 550 km long and 35 km across at its widest point, which is near the Tropic of Cancer. It covers a total surface area of 5,250 km² and has a storage capacity of some 157 km³ of water.

The lake was created as a result of the construction of the Aswan High Dam across the waters of the Nile between 1958 and 1971. The lake is named after Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and the second President of Egypt, who initiated the High Dam project.

Sport-fishing among tourists, especially for Nile Perch, has become increasingly popular, both on the shore and from boats, as the west bank of the Lake contains more nutrients compared to the east bank. About 100 species of bird have been recorded in the lake.

We also saw 2 of the Lake Nasser cruise ships anchored near to the temples and we both promised ourselves that when the opportunity arose we would take a Lake Nasser cruise to explore the Lake and enjoy it’s tranquility for ourselves.

So why am I telling you all this? Because we have a great 1 week Lake Nasser cruise and Luxor trip that I feel would be a great follow-up or alternative to a Nile cruise. Continue reading “Luxor and Lake Nasser Cruise – Cruise one of the largest man-made lakes in the world…”

Luxury Nile Cruise on Movenpick Royal Lily from £860

We have an exclusive offer for a luxury Nile cruise on the superb Movenpick Royal Lily cruise ship starting at prices from £860 per person for departures in July, from £905 for departures in August and from £860 for departures in September.

Movenpick Royal Lily Suite
Movenpick Royal Lily Suite

The Royal Lily is an excellent cruise ship with luxurious cabins and 4 suites. It has a reputation for professional, friendly service and our offer comes with a full excusrion programme included led by qualified Eyptologists.

Movenpick Royal Lily Sundeck
Movenpick Royal Lily Sundeck

The price includes scheduled flights from Heathrow with private transfers from Luxor Airport to the ship.

Places are limited for this excellent offer so please call us on FREEPHONE 0808 1089 100 to check availability and learn more.

Secret of the Last Pharaoh’s Death.

Sounds like an mystery novel? But it’s not.

 

Ramses III
Ramses III

New analysis suggests that the Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramses III was murdered by having his throat slit by his wife and son. Gruesome, eh?

New CT scans have revealed a deep and wide cut that was hidden by the bandages covering the throat of the mummified king, which could not be removed previously in the interests of preservation.

Albert Zink, a paleopathologist at the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman in Italy, which led the investigations, said that “Finally with this study we have solved an important mystery in the history of Ancient Egypt“.

The study, which took place in Cairo, discovered an amulet that had been inserted into the king’s wound which Zink said embalmers placed there in the hope it would heal the cut in the “afterlife”.

Ramses III reigned from around 1186 to 1155 BC and historians have long debated the cause of his death.

In the Egyptian Museum in Turin, one of the world’s leading resources for Ancient Egyptian artifacts and relics, there are papyrus documents that describe a conspiracy by Tiye, one of his wives, to kill the pharaoh so her son Pentawere could take the throne.

During these latest investigations it appears that a previously unidentified mummy also in the burial chamber of Ramses III could possibly be the body of Pentawere. The investigations show he could have been hanged or that he was forced to kill himself as a punishment for the conspiracy.

On your Nile cruise you will be able to visit the tomb of Ramses III in the Valley Of The Kings. His mummy is now on display in Cairo’s Egyptian Museum.